Starts January 15th - The FarmVille Studio has some ‘splainin to do! With the all new Alba Toscana farm being released on January 15th, its GRAPE ESCAPE main feature will be arriving too. We’ll be doing tasks and stomping grapes to earn daily rewards and a building that harvests for consumables until March 12th! Guided by a character who looks suspiciously like “I Love Lucy” era Lucille Ball, your Dirt Farmer team has the scoop on how to fill those meters and complete the feature. This post will explain the details of the various Grape Escape Tasks, to accompany our complete guide, an overview, and a post with the daily quests. Read on for details and please do share….

The Grape Escape Feature will begin on January 15th, 2018 and run until February 26, 2018.

Opening gifts in the TUSCANY GRANNARY offers between 1-10 points on a (mostly) ascending scale, . If you receive a task for a gift you have already opened, you will be able to redeem it immediately.

Level

Points

Level

Points

Level

Points

1

1

11

5

21

8

2

1

12

6

22

8

3

1

13

6

23

9

4

2

14

6

24

9

5

3

15

6

25

9

6

3

16

7

26

9

7

4

17

7

27

10

8

4

18

8

28

9

9

5

19

8

29

9

10

5

20

8

30

10

Completing animals in the ITALIAN STABLE awards points depending on the difficulty of the animal. If you get a task for an animal that you have already completed, you will have to make it again.

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Points

Level

Points

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Points

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2

6

6

11

10

2

2

7

6

12

10

3

3

8

6

13

11

4

3

9

6

14

11

5

3

10

7

15

12

We will receive points for leveling up the Tuscan Country House. It will be beneficial to send out as many requests for free gifts as you can in order to level this building up more quickly. Want more gifts? All you need to do is add more neighbors, and a great way to do that is to post in our add me group Legion. Want to know how to level up the Tuscan Country House as quickly as possible? Click here for a valuable guide.

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Points

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Points

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Points

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1

4

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7

5

2

1

5

3

8

6

3

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6

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9

8

We will have many crop harvesting tasks. You will be able to earn differing point values depending on difficulty. These will be complicated by the fact that upon arrival to the farm, you only have approximately 40 water plots available (amount will be updated when farm goes live) and around 120-130 land plots (once you clear the first 9 treasures). If you are someone who likes to purchase additional land upon arriving on a new farm, this will be a help for these tasks. You may also choose to use the many Instagrows it's possible to earn in the game (click here for more info on how to earn Instagrows). We will not see our first free expansion until the 2rd week on the farm for early access and 1st week on the farm for general access. All of this means that when it comes to these crop harvesting tasks, you will have to plan out your strategy. You can also trash the task if you like, but keep in mind that you will have to wait 4 hours for the next one. For more information on Alba Toscana crops, click here. Below, we have the various crop harvesting tasks and the points you can earn from them:

Land Crops

Crop

Amount To Harvest

Points Earned

Bougainvillea Blossom

100

2

Courgette

40

2

Florentine Iris

90

2

Leafy Persimmon

80

2

Prickly Lettuce

60

2

Red Ribes

60

2

Red Shallot

50

2

Sweet Fig

60

2

Tuscan Chestnut

80

2

Peach

120

3

Raw Plum

110

3

Scarlet Poppy

90

3

Chicory Flower

160

4

Red Chard

60

4

Rosemary Flower

160

4

Snow Lavender

160

4

Artichoke Thistle

180

5

Beetroot

200

5

Fennel Root

200

6

Green Jelly Bean

220

6

Allium

80

10

Water Crops

Crop

Amount To Harvest

Points

Duckweed

20

2

Fanwort

40

3

Waterweed

40

3

White Water Hyacinth

40

3

Ombre Water Lettuce

240

6

Pink Water Lily

60

7

We will also have many craft related tasks in the Italian Cafe. For most players, these seem to come up the most. Unfortunately, due to the random way the tasks appear, players may have 3 star, 4 star, and even 5 star crafts as their tasks upon arriving on the farm. Crafts take anywhere from 1-8 hours, so you should also factor that into your planning. There are several ways you can approach this. You can do the trick to level up your crafting cottage to 5 Star as fast as possible (see here) CAUTION: SOME PLAYERS REPORT NOT BEING ABLE TO PURCHASE THE CRAFTING COTTAGES BACK FOR COINS, THE LEVELING UP TRICK MAY NOT WORK FOR YOU. YOU WILL NEED TO CONTACT CUSTOMER SERVICE IF YOU CANNOT PURCHASE YOUR COTTAGE FOR COINS, SO DECIDE IN ADVANCE IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT RISK OR NOT. You can trash the higher star and higher time crafting tasks, but keep in mind, you may just get another crafting task in its place. Due to the feature's randomness, it's possible to have most of your board be crafting tasks, so it may be possible to just ignore higher level crafting tasks until your building is leveled and concentrate on the lower ones. All of these decisions will have to be made according to which strategy fits your farming style the most. For more information on the Grape Escape crafts, including which bushels you'll need, click here. Below, we've listed the various crafting tasks and what you can expect to earn from them:

Craft

Star Level

Cook Time

Amount To Craft

Points Earned

Italian Almond Cookies

1

2 Hours

2

3

Italian Wedding Soup

1

4 Hours

2

4

World Best Lasagna

1

8 Hours

2

4

Marinara Sauce Jar

1

4 Hours

2

4

Italian Chopped Salad

1

2 Hours

2

4

Ricotta Cookies

1

2 Hours

2

4

Gnocchi Mac n Cheese

2

2 Hours

2

5

Classic Pizzelles

2

2 Hours

2

5

Italian Cream Sodas

2

3 Hours

2

5

Roasted Italian Tomatoes

2

3 Hours

2

5

Potato Croquettes

3

4 Hours

3

8

Peach Ball Cookies

3

6 Hours

3

7

Italian Breakfast Cake

3

6 Hours

3

8

Pistachio Cookies

4

6 Hours

3

9

Italian Stromboli

4

6 Hours

3

8

Arancini Cheese Balls

5

6 Hours

3

12

Bomboloni

5

4 Hours

3

10

Next up, we have the task of harvesting animals. You will get the task to harvest 5 Alba Toscana animals (1 point), 10 animals (3 points), or 15 animals (6 points). THIS IS A GREAT IMPROVEMENT OVER PRIOR VARIATIONS OF THIS TASK WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO HARVEST 25 AND 50 ANIMALS TO GET 3 AND 6 POINTS RESPECTIVELY. Most animals will work, but there are exceptions, such as quest rewards. The ones that will work will be listed below for your convenience, and you can find images of them here. When doing this task, there are a couple of tricks to make it easier. In a rare exception to farm specific features, if you harvest an Alba Toscana animal that is not locked on another farm, it will NOT count toward this task this go round. There are also various foals and calves you can collect from your friends if you want to amass a larger number of animals for the 15 animal task. There is also one coin animal in the market for Alba Toscana, the monsieur platypus, which you can load up on. Keep in mind also you get prizes for each completed animal pen (or you can collect them from your friends off the feed). Any animal you receive from the Italian Stable self contained crafting can be used for this task. In addition, if you have any of the older Capital One instagrows that make animals ready, they can be of potential use here. There have been reports of harvests not counting when using the Animal Harvester vehicle, so we recommend that you do not use this during this task.

Ancestral Elephant

Art Soul Calf

Art Soul Cow

Astro Spirit Calf

Astro Spirit Cow

Avelignese Foal

Avelignese Horse

Barone Donkey

Barone Donkey Foal

Bedazzled Turtle

Boatman Seal

Bowing Puffin

Calabrese Camel

Carabinieri Fox

Carnival Angel Pegasus

Carnival Angel Pegasus Foal

Chic Mama Cat

Classico Italiano Donkey

Classico Italiano Donkey Foal

Coy Tuscan Dog

Crown Tuscan Bear

Da Medici Duck

Dapper Italian Seal

Delicate Vintage Giraffe

Designer Chihuahua

Desulo Pegacorn

Desulo Pegacorn Foal

Diamond Flower Pig

Doublet Chimp

Emerald Gleam Foal

Emerald Gleam Horse

Exquisite Vibrant Pegasus

Exquisite Vibrant Pegasus Foal

Fair Maiden Giraffe

Fancy Italian Greyhound

Fashionable Lemur

Festive Fallow Deer

Florentine Deer

Florentine Fawn

Florentine Llama

Flowery Skirt Beaver

Folk Lover Duck

Glorious Tuscan Unicorn

Glorious Tuscan Unicorn Foal

Gold Gilt Unicorn

Gold Gilt Unicorn Foal

Golden Mosaic Unicorn

Golden Mosaic Unicorn Foal

Gondolier Panda

Grand Duca Colt

Grand Duca Stallion

Grape Stomper Duck

Grape Vine Bull

Grape Vine Bull Calf

Grape Vine Pony

Grape Vine Pony Foal

Grape Vine Sheep

Grapes Galore Pony

Grapes Galore Pony Foal

Happy Italian Goat

Haute Couture Cat

Impeccable Rabbit

Italia Flag Pegasus

Italia Flag Pegasus Foal

Italia Harlequin Monkey

Italia Pegacorn

Italia Pegacorn Foal

Italia Spring Deer

Italia Spring Fawn

Italia Velvet Chicken

Italian Calf

Italian Celebrity Duck

Italian Cow

Italian Farm Chicken

Italian Fashion Meerkat

Italian Fashion Monkey

Italian Felt Pig

Italian Florentine Deer

Italian Florentine Fawn

Italian Glass Duck

Italian Gypsy Deer

Italian Gypsy Fawn

Italian Maiden Duck

Italian Maiden Foal

Italian Maiden Horse

Italian Minstrel Rooster

Italian Monkey

Italian Pizzeria Duck

Italian Shield Goat

Italian Soccer Seal

Italian Swan

Italy Leaf Cat

Italy Spectrum Fox

Leather Jacket Deer

Leather Jacket Fawn

Leonardo Giraffe

Long Haired Llama

Lucy Calf

Lucy Cow

Macaron Sheep

Marchesa Cat

Meadow Chequered Chicken

Meadow Horizon Calf

Meadow Horizon Cow

Mediterranean Flair Dog

Messinese Goat

Milan Spot Hippo

Modern Queen Unicorn

Modern Queen Unicorn Foal

Modern Renaissance Calf

Modern Renaissance Cow

Modern Renaissance Foal

Modern Renaissance Horse

Monsieur Platypus

Night Bard Meerkat

Old Fashioned Panda

Olive Fleece Sheep

Olive Vine Pegasus

Olive Vine Pegasus Foal

Ollolai Dog

Palio Drummer Foal

Palio Drummer Horse

Palio Foal

Palio Horse

Palio Meerkat

Panache Wolf

Pastel Vine Swan

Pizzaiolo Panda

Princely Giraffe

Quartucciu Vixen

Quatrucciu Chimp

Renaissance Dog

Renaissance Dress Chicken

Renaissance Fair Gorilla

Renaissance Fair Unicorn

Renaissance Fair Unicorn Foal

Renaissance Festival Unicorn

Renaissance Festival Unicorn Foal

Renaissance Gold Goat

Renaissance Royalty Calf

Renaissance Royalty Cow

Royal Renaissance Pegasus

Royal Renaissance Pegasus Foal

Royal Tuscan Pegasus

Royal Tuscan Pegasus Foal

Sardinia Cat

Scarlet Blossom Cat

Spring Fashion Foal

Spring Fashion Horse

Summer Rose Elephant

Sunny Flower Calf

Sunny Flower Cow

Sunny Pyro Dragon

Sunset Tuscany Rooster

Team Italy Owl

The Great Foal

The great horse

Theatre Star Deer

Theatre Star Fawn

Toscana Sun Deer

Toscana Sun Fawn

Town Gown Chicken

Traditional Italian Pig

Tradizione Pegasus

Tradizione Pegasus Foal

Tuscan Banner Fox

Tuscan Bard Tiger

Tuscan China Calf

Tuscan China Cow

Tuscan Dandelion Foal

Tuscan Dandelion Horse

Tuscan Deer

Tuscan Doll Swan

Tuscan Fawn

Tuscan Gem Turtle

Tuscan Lace Goat

Tuscan Love Foal

Tuscan Love Horse

Tuscan Meadow Giraffe

Tuscan Rosa Pig

Tuscan Stripe Sheep

Tuscan Stud Walrus

Tuscan Sunrise Pegasus

Tuscan Sunrise Pegasus Foal

Tuscan Swirl Sheep

Tuscan Velvet Pig

Tuscan Vintage Pegasus

Tuscan Vintage Pegasus Foal

Tuscany Flag Pegasus

Tuscany Flag Pegasus Foal

Tuscany Flower Elephant

Valentino Fox

Vatican Guard Foal

Vatican Guard Horse

Venetian Carnival Foal

Venetian Carnival Horse

Venetian Dance Chicken

Venetian Sailor Cat

Venezia Carnival Swan

Venice Festival Calf

Venice Festival Cow

Venice Festival Deer

Venice Festival Fawn

Venice Meerkat

Venice Night Foal

Venice Night Horse

Vineyard Mule

Vineyard Mule Foal

Vintage Italia Swan

White Flamingo

Willow Vine Deer

Willow Vine Fawn

Wine Seller Monkey

Yellow Fan Peacock

Yellow Meadow Sheep

Zesty Golden Zebra

Due to the random nature of tasks, it is possible to get 2 different animal harvest tasks at the same time:

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We will also see the task of harvesting Alba Toscana trees. These tasks of harvesting 5 trees (1 point), 10 trees (3 points), or 15 trees (6 points), function about the same as the animal ones. THIS IS A GREAT IMPROVEMENT OVER PRIOR VARIATIONS OF THIS TASK WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO HARVEST 25 AND 50 ANIMALS TO GET 3 AND 6 POINTS RESPECTIVELY. Trees have a slight advantage over the animals however, due to Orchard stuffing. It is possible to take the unlocked trees to a farm where you have a lot of ready orchards and manually "stuff" them and get each tree harvesting task done within a couple of minutes. IN A DEPARTURE FROM PREVIOUS FARMS, TREES MUST BE HARVESTED ON ALBA TOSCANA. For a video of how to do this, click here. There are no coin trees in the market on the Alba Toscana farm you can stock up on, although they may locked to that farm, . Much like the animal tasks, it is possible to get two at once, and use the harvests to count for both tasks. Much like the animal tasks, we recommend not using the Orchard Harvester for this task. For images of these trees, click here. Below we have listed all the possible trees to use for this task. Keep in mind that quest rewards will not work. All of these trees have a level two "Giant" counterpart which will also work

Antipasti Tree

Bloomburst Tree

Bougainvillea Sculpture Tree

Cerignola Olive Tree

Cherry Cypress Tree

Chianti Grape Tree

Cotton Balls Tree

Crystal Brooch Tree

Drooping Dogwood Tree

Giant Antipasti Tree

Giant Bloomburst Tree

Giant Bougainvillea Sculpture Tree

Giant Cerignola Olive Tree

Giant Cherry Cypress Tree

Giant Cotton Balls Tree

Giant Crystal Brooch Tree

Giant Drooping Dogwood Tree

Giant Glass Lantern Tree

Giant Golden Lotus Tree

Giant Grape Root Tree

Giant Italian Candle Tree

Giant Italian Date Tree

Giant Lavender Wreath Tree

Giant Lemonrose Tree

Giant Marble Trunk Tree

Giant Meringue Pie Tree

Giant Murano Glass Tree

Giant Olive Cypress Tree

Giant Patriotic Cypress Tree

Giant Pepperoni Pizza Tree

Giant Pizzaz Tree

Giant Spaghe Tree

Giant Spiral Cypress Tree

Giant Swirly Grape Tree

Giant Trident Oak Tree

Giant Tulip Chandelier Tree

Giant Tuscan Bougainvillea

Giant Tuscan Vine Tree

Giant Water Lotus Tree

Giant Watervine Tree

Glass Lantern Tree

Golden Lotus Tree

Grape Root Tree

Italian Candle Tree

Italian Date Tree

Italian Pasta Tree

Lavender Wreath Tree

Leaning Tower Tree

Lemonrose Tree

Marble Trunk Tree

Meringue Pie Tree

Murano Glass Tree

Olive Cypress Tree

Patriotic Cypress Tree

Pepperoni Pizza Tree

Pizzaz Tree

Spaghe Tree

Spiral Cypress Tree

Swirly Grape Tree

Trident Oak Tree

Tulip Chandelier Tree

Tuscan Bougainvillea

Tuscan Vine Tree

Vineyard Tree

Water Lotus Tree

Watervine Tree

Due to the random nature of tasks, it is possible to get 2 different tree harvest tasks at the same time:

Another task we can expect is to ask our friends to click on tasks for us, much like in quests. These posts allow 10 friends to click on them, and provided you're also on the task, when you click on the posts, you can get one for yourself. These tasks will require you to get either 10, 20 or 30 of an item, for 1, 2, or 3 points respectively. For the 20 and 30 amounts, you will have to wait 6 hours before you can post to ask again. From what we can tell, this time also affects the tasks that require 10. Once you have your 10, you must wait until the ask time (6 hours) is over before you can redeem the task. If you are required to get 20 or 30 and would like to get more than the 10 that the feed posting allows you to get, you can search the news feed for your friends posts by using the search box at the top of your Facebook home page, or if you belong to any groups, you can search for the items within the group via the search box on the top left. Below, we have the various items you will be asking friends to help you get:

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Pruning Shears

Garden Fork

Garden Rake

Finally, we have the task of spending coins. This task is an instantaneous task, that allows you to spend a certain amount of coins to win points and progress. The coins you spend do not actually purchase any items, and purchasing coin items from the market will not work for this task. For this task we will be asked to spend 500,000 coins to earn 1 point, 1 million coins to earn 2 points, and 1.5 million coins to earn 3 points.

Some players have reported glitches while doing similar features on prior farms. If at any time your task does not appear to redeem when you click the button, a refresh or two usually fixes the issue. Some players have reported harvests of animals or trees not counting. Other than usage of the Harvesters, we have not been able to verify this glitch. If this happens to you, contact customer support.

Well farmers, what do you think of this intricate new feature? Let us know in the comments below, and Happy Farming!

If you get 35 points for a day the remaining tasks don't carry over to the next day. (I have made it to 35 each day so I don't know if they carry over if you don't make it to 35 but I doubt it.) If you trash a task the wait time is 15 min. So if you can't get a task done in one day better to trash it and try your luck for a new one